Educational mismatches, routine biased technological change and unemployment: evidence from Italy

Author(s)
Esposito, Piero
Date Issued
May 20, 2020
Subjects
Disoccupazione
Domanda e offerta di lavoro
Istruzione
Abstract
This paper investigates the relation between educational mismatches and individual unemployment risk in Italy with a special focus on the role of technological change and labour demand characteristics. A novel dataset obtained merging two surveys (ICP and PLUS) is used to build different measures of educational mismatch and a measure of routine intensity on Italy: the Routine Task Index. The latter takes into account the effect of Routine Biased Technical Change (RBTC) in determining educational mismatches and unemployment risk. The results indicate that over−education is significantly associated with higher unemployment risk.
Citation
Esposito P., Scicchitano S. (2020), Educational mismatches, routine biased technological change and unemployment: evidence from Italy, Roma, Inapp, WP, 48 <http://oa.inapp.org/xmlui/handle/20.500.12916/689>
URI
Type
Working Paper
File(s)
Thumbnail Image
Name

INAPP_Esposito_Scicchitano_Educational_Mismatches_Routine_Biased_Tchnological_Chage_Unemploymentt_Italy_WP48_2020.pdf

Description
Main document
Size

8.75 MB

Format

Adobe PDF

Checksum (MD5)

a4976de4b430c0d9f36de4aa1369684d

Thumbnail Image
Name

INAPP_Esposito_Scicchitano_Educational_Mismatches_Routine_Biased_Tchnological_Chage_Unemploymentt_Italy_2020.jpg

Description
Cover
Size

962.18 KB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

e94749c0aa4d216f854205431e5afc30